Mclaren set a new standard for road cars when it released the F1 in 1992. This supercar was at the time the fastest production car, and it still holds that record for naturally aspirated production car. The car wasn’t designed for the tracks, but a race version of the F1 did very well in motorsport, winning several races, including Le Mans.

The passion for the sport, led the New Zealander Bruce Mclaren to start his own race team in 1963. He started with a heavily modified Cooper Zerex, that turn out to be the first Mclaren sports car.
Until 1989, the Mclaren was focused on racing, but in that year the Mclaren Automotives was founded. The main goal was to incorporate all the racing technology, mainly Formula 1 developments, into road cars.
The first car, a very well received sports car, classified by the critics as a sup... more